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George Carpenter, Chief Executive Officer, Director

George Carpenter is a results-oriented executive with a passion for leading high growth and turnaround companies. As Chief Executive Officer of CNS Response, Inc., George is leading the commercialization of the company’s patented Referenced-EEG technology. Before joining CNS Response Inc., George ran WorkWell Systems Inc., an international physical medicine firm and 2004 winner of the ABL Innovation in Healthcare Award. From 1990 to 2002, George served as Chairman and CEO of CORE, Inc., (Nasdaq: CORE) after leading the management buyout of this division of Baxter Healthcare. A finalist in the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year program, Carpenter led CORE to a record of clinical software innovation and business development that, in the words of one Wall Street analyst, "created an industry". CORE was acquired in 2001 by Assurant Inc. George was a Vice President of Operations with Baxter Healthcare before founding CORE. His career began at Inland Steel in manufacturing process control and Sales. Serving on various biomedical advisory and fiduciary boards, he is a frequent speaker and writer on healthcare technology and financing issues. His book "The Shape of Things" (LRP Publications, 2006) focused on the neurochemistry of obesity and its impact on the American workforce. He holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and a BA with Distinction in International Policy & Law from Dartmouth College.

 

David B. Jones, Director

David Jones has been a Managing Partner of SAIL Venture Partners. since 2003. From 1997 to 2003, he served as Chairman and CEO of Dartron, Inc., a computer accessories manufacturer. From 1985 to 1997, he was a general partner of InterVen Partners, a venture capital firm with offices in Southern California and Portland, Oregon. From 1979 to 1985, he was President and CEO of First Interstate Capital, Inc., the venture capital affiliate of First Interstate Bancorp. Mr. Jones is a director of Micro Media Filtration, Inc. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and holds a Masters of Business Administration and law degrees from the University of Southern California.

 

Jerome Vaccaro, M.D., Director

Jerome Vaccaro, M.D., joined the Board of Directors in 2006. Dr. Vaccaro is a Senior Vice President with United Health Group’s Specialized Care Services. He has served in a number of health care executive roles, most recently as Chief Executive Officer of United Behavioral Health, and before that as President and Chief Executive Officer of PacifiCare Behavioral Health (“PBH”). Dr. Vaccaro has also served as Medical Director of PBH (1996-2001), Chief Executive Officer of PacifiCare Dental And Vision (2002-2004), and Senior Vice President for the PacifiCare Specialty Health Division (2002-2004). Dr. Vaccaro has an extensive background in community mental health and public sector work, including editing the textbook, “Practicing Psychiatry in the Community,” which is hailed as the definitive community psychiatry text. Jerry completed medical school and a Psychiatry Residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. After his training, Jerry served on the full-time faculty of the University of Hawaii (1985-1989) and UCLA (1989-1996) Departments of Psychiatry.

 

Henry T. Harbin, MD, Director

Dr. Harbin is an accomplished psychiatrist with over 30 years experience in the behavioral health field. Dr. Harbin has served as the CEO of two national behavioral health care companies and has held numerous senior positions in both the public and private mental health sectors. Among his past accomplishments, Dr. Harbin served as Commissioner of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health from 2002 to 2003, chairing the subcommittee for the Interface between Mental Health and General Medicine. In addition to his Federal government experience, Dr. Harbin also spent 10 years in the public mental health system in Maryland, serving as Director of the State Mental Health Authority for three of those years. As the chairman, CEO and President of Magellan Health Services, the country's leading behavioral managed care organization, Dr. Harbin led a company with approximately 6,500 employees and revenues of $1.7 billion. During his tenure from 1998 to 2004, Magellan managed the mental health and substance abuse benefits of approximately 70 million Americans including persons who were insured by private employers, Medicaid and Medicare. Prior to Magellan, Dr. Harbin worked for Green Spring Health Services, Inc., one of the largest managed behavioral health organizations in the country. Dr. Harbin held several executive positions at the company, including five years as its president and CEO. Among his achievements in research, Dr. Harbin was a principal investigator and project director for multiple studies at the University of Maryland's Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, and has served as a reviewer for the American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, and Hospital & Community Psychiatry. Dr. Harbin has also been published in over 10 peer-reviewed articles.

 

John Pappajohn, Director

John Pappajohn has, since 1969, been the President and sole owner of Pappajohn Capital Resources, a venture capital firm, and President and sole owner of Equity Dynamics, Inc., a financial consulting firm, both located in Des Moines, Iowa.  He serves as a director on the boards of the following public companies: American CareSource Inc., Dallas, TX since 1994; PharmAthene, Inc., Annapolis, MD, since 2007; Spectrascience, Inc., San Diego, CA, since 2007; CareGuide, Inc., Florida,  (formerly Patient Infosystems, Inc.),  since 1996; and ConMed Healthcare Management, Inc., Hanover, MD since 2005.

 

George J. Kallins, M.D., Director

George Kallins, M.D. currently serves as President and CEO of ACP Management, a property management, development and real estate investment firm. In addition to his position at ACP Management, he continues to practice medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Kallins founded and was the CEO and President of Mission Obstetrics and Gynecology, a medical group consisting of 14 physicians. He founded and served as CEO of Medical Management Resources, a medical management and billing company. Dr. Kallins served as the Medical Director of the USC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders while on the faculty at the University of Southern California School of Medicine from 1999 through 2000. During this time he also authored and published, Five Steps to a PMS Free Life, a book addressing how to manage the emotional and physical impact of PMS. Dr. Kallins received his B.Sc. majoring in Psychobiology from the University of Southern California and his medical degree from the Rush School of Medicine in Chicago, IL. He returned to the University of Southern California to do his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Kallins also received an MBA from Pepperdine University.

 



  

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